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PBS

Arcs in the news about PBS from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 81 stories · 501 articles · earliest story we hold Jul 9, 2022

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs2 named arcs in 2025

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Gone quiet · 1

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The Trump administration and the press: the end of federal money for NPR and PBS

11 of 13 stories this year · gone quiet

Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS · 11 articles, Jan 30Congressional Republicans target PBS, NPR funding in contentious hearing · 7 articles, Mar 26Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members · 10 articles, Apr 29Trump signs executive order cutting funding to PBS, NPR · 84 articles, May 2NPR sues Trump over order to cut funding · 73 articles, May 27PBS sues Trump administration over executive order targeting public broadcasting · 31 articles, May 30Trump formally asks Congress to to defund PBS and NPR · 13 articles, May 30PBS and NPR Funding Face “Devastating” Cut as Rescission Package Heads to Trump’s Desk · 20 articles, Jul 17Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will shut down after cuts by Congress · 73 articles, Aug 1PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts · 13 articles, Aug 31As federal funds wane, NPR ruefully clashes with CPB · 5 articles, Sep 27
Trump's clawbacks of money Congress approved, from public broadcasting to foreign aid

6 of 8 stories this year

Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE · 6 articles, Jun 3Senate advances Trump’s request for $9 billion in spending cuts · 28 articles, Jul 14House gives final approval to Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting, foreign aid · 122 articles, Jul 16PBS and NPR Funding Face “Devastating” Cut as Rescission Package Heads to Trump’s Desk · 20 articles, Jul 17Supreme Court allows Trump to temporarily withhold nearly $5B in foreign aid payments · 26 articles, Sep 8Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid · 32 articles, Sep 26

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Dec 18, 202317429
Jan 29, 202442221
Feb 5, 20240056
Feb 19, 20242105
Mar 11, 202463218
Apr 8, 202444338
May 13, 20243217
May 20, 202445013
Jul 29, 20240203
Aug 5, 202456641
Aug 19, 202423417
Sep 23, 20240101
Oct 21, 2024210436
Nov 25, 20240227
Jan 27, 20253138
Mar 24, 20250307
Apr 14, 20252114
Apr 28, 20256211686
May 5, 20259181689
May 19, 2025516348
May 26, 20251424997
Jun 2, 202554215
Jun 23, 202543220
Jun 30, 202543625
Jul 7, 202536638
Jul 14, 202513306163
Jul 21, 20251417
Jul 28, 20256161070
Aug 11, 20250112
Aug 25, 20250206
Sep 1, 20251307
Oct 6, 202533331
Nov 10, 20252015
Jan 5, 202632318
Feb 2, 20260101
Feb 9, 20261307
Mar 30, 2026611444
Apr 13, 202659120
Apr 27, 20261001
May 4, 20261114
Jun 1, 20261001
Jul 6, 20260011
Jul 13, 20261113
Jul 20, 202612310
Jul 27, 20261023
Aug 3, 20260011
Aug 10, 20261012
Aug 17, 202602219
Aug 24, 2026121216
Aug 31, 20260012
Sep 7, 20260235
Sep 14, 20261001
Sep 21, 20260314
Sep 28, 20260101

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else12 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about PBS that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Aug 15PBS Slashes Budget by Over 20 Percent After Trump Cuts Federal Funding: Report1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Jul 24– 25Trump signs bill to cancel $9 billion in foreign aid, public broadcasting funding7 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 1 right
  3. Jun 26Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 9120 articles · 17 independent sources
    4 left, 3 center, 2 right
  4. Jun 3White House sends Congress request for $9.4B in DOGE cuts6 articles · 6 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 1 right
  5. May 19– 20‘Sesame Street’ to start streaming on Netflix, in addition to PBS54 articles · 37 independent sources
    5 left, 16 center, 3 right

Stories that name PBS

  1. Nov 12– 14Filmmaker Ken Burns examines the 'American Revolution' in new documentary series7 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 1 right
  2. Oct 7– 8Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts33 articles · 20 independent sources
    3 left, 3 center, 3 right
  3. Jul 18Trump AG Bondi to seek release of Jeffrey Epstein case grand jury transcripts31 articles · 15 independent sources
    2 left, 8 center, 3 right
  4. Jul 11– 12David Gergen, adviser to 4 presidents, dies at 8336 articles · 27 independent sources
    3 left, 6 center, 3 right
  5. Jul 2– 9Democrats see political gift in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’37 articles · 18 independent sources
    4 left, 4 center, 7 right
  6. May 5– 6Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz for the 'most ruthless and violent' prisoners95 articles · 59 independent sources
    9 left, 18 center, 16 right
  7. Apr 13– 14Jean Marsh, ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ Star And Co-Creator, Dies At 908 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
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